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polary

/ˈpoʊləɹi/

polary adjective: tending towards a pole.

Adjective

polary (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Tending towards a pole.
    • And if the whole earth were violently removed, yet would it not forego its primitive points, nor pitch in the east or west, but return unto its polary position again.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC
    Synonyms:
    poleward, polewards

Synonyms of polary

Origin of polary

From pole + -ary.

Words formed from polary

Questions about polary

What does polary mean?
Polary means tending towards a pole.
What part of speech is polary?
Polary is an adjective.
How do you pronounce polary?
Polary is pronounced /ˈpoʊləɹi/.

Words near polary in the dictionary

  1. polaroplasts
  2. polarotactic
  3. polarotaxis
  4. polars
  5. polarward
  6. polary
  7. polarying
  8. Polas
  9. Polasek
  10. Polaseks
  11. polaski

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